Piano pedal-action.



PATENTED JUNE 13, 1905. E. BORNHOEPT.

PIANO PEDAL ACTION.

APPLICATION FILED rnB.25.19o5,

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PATENT OFFICE.

EDVARD BORNHOEFT, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

PIANO PEDAL-ACTION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792,192, dated June 13, 1905. Application filed February 25, 1906. Serial No. 247,219.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, EDWARD BORNHOEFT, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, Bronx, county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Piano Pedal-Actions, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a piano pedal-a0 tion, and more particularly to simple and reliable means for operatively connecting the pedal-lever to the lifter-rod.

In the accompanying drawings. Figure 1 is a front view of my improved piano pedalac tion; Fig. 2, a plan thereof with the piano-case partly in section and the lifter omitted; Fig. 3, an enlarged plan of the lifter-supporting end of the pedal-lever; Fig. 4, a section on line 4 4, Fig. 3, With the lifter in position; and Fig. 5, a front view of Fig. 3 with the lifter in position.

The letter A represents the front of a pian 0- case, and A is the bottom thereof. The metal pedal-lever B is T-shaped in cross-section, being composed of a horizontal base 5 and a vertical web 7/, projecting upwardly from the base. The lever B is mounted upon a spring 0 and is actuated by a pedal (Z, to which it is At its op connected at one end by a bolt (Z.

posite end the base?) projects beyond the web I) to form a foot or flange 6 Fig. 4:. Above this flange there is secured to the lever B a strap composed of a ring-shaped body f and a pair of parallel shanks f. These shanks straddle the end of web 7/, to which they are riveted at f The ringf is thus secured in position directly above flange 6 in conjunction with which it forms a socket or cup. This cup is provided with a bushing 71" and receives the lower end of the lifter-rod g, hushed at g, the rod being thus connected to the pedallever in a simple and reliable manner.

hat I claim is In a piano pedal-action, a lever composed of an upright web and a horizontal base projecting beyond the web to form a flange, combined with a curved strap above the flange and. having a pair of parallel shanks that are secured to the web, and a lifter engaged by the strap, substantially as specified.

Signed by me at New York city, New York, this 24th day of February, 1905.

EDNVARD BORNHOEFT.

lVitnesses:

FRANK v. BRIESEN, VILLIAM SCHULZ. 

